TIRUPATI: Sri Venkateswara University's Oriental Research Institute (ORI) will be releasing nine ancient publications at a function at Mahati auditorium here on Thursday. With this, the institute will be achieving the rare distinction of bringing out as many as nine publications in a single year.

The institute, established by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams in 1939 and annexed to the SVU in 1956 for achieving academic synergy, has all along been in the forefront in procuring and preserving palm leaf manuscripts and ancient texts, besides striving to reprint and digitise them. The ORI shot to limelight when it organised an international convention on `Ramayana' in 2004 jointly with the TTD, where papers on a range of topics were presented by scholars from across the globe.

Apart from the papers presented in English, Sanskrit/Telugu at the Ramayana meet, the other publications slated to be released on Thursday are the Hindi version of `Sri Venkatachala Mahatmyam', `Tattva Sangraha Ramayanam' by Ramabrahmananda Saraswati, `Jambavati

Parinayam' by Pulakhandam Venkatakrishna Kavi, `Hitopadesam' by Bellamkonda Raghavacharyulu under the guidance of C.P. Brown in 1852, `Markandeya Puranam' by Nori Gurulinga Sastri, `Brahma Vaivartha Mahapuranam' by Chilakapati Venkata Ramanuja Sarma and `Sahiti Navaneetham' by C. Govindaraju. The books will be formally released by renowned spiritual academician Kandukuri Sivananda Murthy of Bheemunipatnam.

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